This is a collection of quick musings, and many will likely be expanded on or included in a current or future book project. Musings can be on philosophy, society, culture, politics, futurism, miscellany, science, pscyhology, religion and so forth.
I.
Oct 2024: There will come a time when the West will fall, either due to an existential threat or an overpowering superpower. If not that, then through some sort of cohesion in a world order. The latter is the more desired route. Then, we can withdraw from superpower competition on our planet and focus on exploring the unknown: space. However, the same problems we had here may still end up finding us out there, among different civilizations.
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